Breakdown of Sutra ćemo cijeli dan rješavati ovaj problem.
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
problem
problem
dan
day
sutra
tomorrow
Questions & Answers about Sutra ćemo cijeli dan rješavati ovaj problem.
Why does this sentence use the imperfective verb rješavati instead of the perfective riješiti?
We use the imperfective aspect here because of the phrase cijeli dan (all day). Imperfective verbs in the future tense focus on the ongoing process or duration of an action. Since we will be actively working on it for a continuous period tomorrow, rješavati is the right choice. If we just wanted to state the completion of the action ('we will solve it'), we would use the perfective verb riješiti.
Why is ćemo placed right after Sutra instead of next to the main verb rješavati?
In Croatian, short auxiliary verbs like ćemo are 'enclitics' (little words without their own stress). They strongly prefer to sit in the second position of a sentence. Here, the adverb Sutra takes the first spot, pushing ćemo into the second position, even though it separates it from the main verb.
Why is there no preposition before cijeli dan (all day)?
To express how long an action lasts, Croatian uses the accusative case entirely on its own, without any prepositions. So, cijeli dan simply acts as a time expression meaning 'for the whole day' or 'all day long'.
Is ovaj problem in the nominative case since its ending didn't change?